AMD extends action against Intel into Japan

In further news to the shock revelation that AMD is suing Intel, it has emerged that AMD have extended their action, filing two suits against Intel in Japan seeking more than $50 million for alleged anticompetitive acts. These stem from the Japan Fair Trade Commission's findings in March that Intel violated the country's antimonopoly act. AMD has also sued Intel in the Tokyo District Court seeking millions of dollars in damages for various anticompetitive acts in addition to what is covered by the Japan Fair Trade Commission decision.

The Tokyo High Court suit follows the Japanese Fair Trade Commission's findings in March that Intel's Japan subsidiary violated the Antimonopoly Act. The JFTC Recommendation concluded that Intel's Japanese subsidiary, Intel KK, interfered with AMD Japan's business activities by providing large amounts of funds to five Japanese PC manufacturers (NEC, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Sony, and Hitachi) on the condition that they refuse to purchase AMD processors.Articles from around the web: Internet News, ZDNET, Reuters.